% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Wieters:909635, author = {Wieters, Frederique and Gruhn, Matthias and Büschges, Ansgar and Fink, Gereon R. and Aswendt, Markus}, title = {{T}erminal {H}-reflex {M}easurements in {M}ice}, journal = {JoVE science education}, volume = {.}, number = {184}, issn = {1940-087X}, address = {Cambridge, MA}, publisher = {JoVE}, reportid = {FZJ-2022-03306}, pages = {63304}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The Hoffmann reflex (H-reflex), as an electrical analog to the stretch reflex, allowselectrophysiological validation of the integrity of neural circuits after injuries such asspinal cord damage or stroke. An increase of the H-reflex response, together withsymptoms like non-voluntary muscle contractions, pathologically augmented stretchreflex, and hypertonia in the corresponding muscle, is an indicator of post-strokespasticity (PSS).In contrast to rather nerve-unspecific transcutaneous measurements, here, we presenta protocol to quantify the H-reflex directly at the ulnar and median nerves of theforepaw, which is applicable, with minor modifications, to the tibial and sciatic nerveof the hindpaw. Based on the direct stimulation and the adaptation to different nerves,the method represents a reliable and versatile tool to validate electrophysiologicalchanges in spasticity-related disease models.}, cin = {INM-3}, ddc = {570}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406}, pnm = {5251 - Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability (POF4-525)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5251}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {35781283}, UT = {WOS:000898056900010}, doi = {10.3791/63304}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/909635}, }